September 5, 2007

The Ten ComEdments!













  1. Thou shalt not expect thy mayor to participate at meetings for Residents vent to ComEd.
  2. Thou shalt not take the name of thy utility company in vain; even after going without power for as long as 98 hours, or repeatedly suffering outages for no obvious reason.
  3. Remember thy billing date and remit thy payment immediately.
  4. Thou shalt not murder ComEd's designated flack catchers at public meetings; thou shall know that only angry grumbling is allowed and expected, and that ComEd designates these people for the special job of catching flack at public meetings.
  5. Thou shalt not accuse ComEd's flack catchers of bearing false witness about telephone waiting times.
  6. Thou shalt not adulterate thy power supply by considering solar panels for thy home.
  7. Thou shalt not steal thy neighbor's electricity; thou shall ask nicely to run extension cords across public streets; thou shall be shit out of luck if thy surrounding neighbors also do not have power.
  8. Thou shalt not covet reliable power service.
  9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's generator.
  10. Thou shalt not expect a reasonable dialogue on any part of the Ten ComEdments decalogue.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Give me a break. It was an act of God. They said it was one of the worst storms in many years. What can ComEd be expected to do?

ParkRidgeUnderground said...

Bury their power lines? Determine if burying their power lines is an effective way to avoid rampant storm damage and other regular outages? Tell the effected communities the cost of burying their power lines? Offer that they would be willing to discuss a cost sharing plan for burying their power lines?

Stuff like that.